Editorial: This is national Sunshine Week
Sunshine Week is March 14-20. The week has been celebrated each spring since 2005 when it was started by the American Society of News Editors, now the News Leaders Association.[…]
Belleville to consider keeping police chief as city manager, too
After a discussion on how to move forward in selecting a new city manager from the 19 remaining candidates, the Belleville City Council agreed to have Mayor Kerreen Conley and[…]
President signs HB1 and sends huge checks to tri-community
With the stroke of President Joe Biden’s pen on the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus House Bill 1 on Thursday, communities across the country were designated for big checks with little[…]
Mike Foley sells Frosty Boy in Belleville after 32 years
Mike Foley said he liked to hire 14 year olds to work at Frosty Boy. It takes a long time to train them to make ice creams look pretty and[…]
Vote in contest to digitize Independents since 1995
The Belleville Area District Library has been selected as one of four finalists for the Digital Michigan Newspaper grant through the Clarke Historical Library of Central Michigan University. The grant[…]
Correction: It was Herbert Harris who came to VBT with Rose
A member of the extended Harris family called on March 15 on another matter, but then mentioned we had an error in the Harris Park story in the March 11[…]
Belleville approves police body cameras, new in-car video systems
“One lawsuit could devastate our city,” said Belleville Police Chief Dave Robinson at Monday’s regular meeting of the city council via Zoom. He explained that with the current police department[…]
School Board honors students for Music in our Schools Month
The following students were honored by the Van Buren Public Schools Board of Education at its March 8 Zoom meeting to mark Music in our School Month. BHS: Michael Novay,[…]
Fourth Street work nearing completion
On March 13, workers were installing cement around the six, custom-made tree grates that were placed on Fourth Street as part of the Belleville Downtown Development Authority Spacemaking Project. Fourth[…]
New library includes bike repair station outside
The Belleville Area Library installed a Fix-It station for bicycles near the library’s bike rack and slightly over on the museum property. “We received permission to spill over a tiny[…]
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